70 In One Blow
Agencie France Presse:
GHAZNI, Afghanistan - Forty Taliban were killed in air strikes to take back a district of Afghanistan captured by Islamist rebels while a British soldier was killed in a separate clash, officials said Friday.
Afghan and NATO-led ground forces supported by international military air support launched an offensive on Wednesday to retake Ajristan, 200 kilometres (124 miles) southwest of Kabul, after rebels stormed in Monday.
“Over 40 Taliban fighters were killed and 30 were wounded in an overnight coalition air strike in Ajristan district,” Ghazni province spokesman Ismail Jahangir told AFP as the operation continued Friday for a third day.
The district governor, who fled after the Taliban captured the district, confirmed the air strike casualties and said two civilians also died.
“On top of 40 Taliban killed and 30 wounded, we have information that two civilians were also killed in the bombing,” Rad Mohammad Waziri told AFP.
International forces could not immediately confirm the air strike.
Fifteen militants were killed on the first day of the operation by joint Afghan and international forces, Jahangir said earlier.
Ajristan was also captured by Taliban insurgents in October last year and was retaken the following day, when about 300 security forces moved into the small district centre.
Taliban have captured several mainly remote districts in the past but have not been able to hold most of them for long, although there are a handful in southern Helmand province that security forces admit are in rebel control.
The hardline Islamic Taliban were in government between 1996 and 2001 when they were driven out in a US-led invasion.
They are waging an insurgency which has gained pace in the past two years, claiming hundreds of lives including scores of civilians.
A British army dog handler and his explosives sniffer dog were killed Thursday in Helmand when they came under fire while on patrol, the Ministry of Defence in London said.
Six other soldiers were also injured, although not seriously.
Meanwhile, in the western province of Farah, a roadside bomb apparently intended to hit Afghan or NATO troops blew up a civilian vehicle and killed three people, said Akramudin Yawar, police commander for western Afghanistan.
He blamed the attack on the Taliban.
Be respectful of others and their opinions. Inflammatory remarks and inane leftist drivel will be deleted. It ain’t about free speech, remember you’re in a private domain. My website, my prerogative.
If you can't handle using your real email address, don't bother posting a comment.
anymore. I usually find out later the truth of false reports, but the media never correct their misinformation.
Example: The AP reported (and then all news media jumped on this report and it was ran endlessly).
“A FOB was overtaken by Taliban” (our nine soldiers killed).
“The U.S and Coalition Forces abandoned that base following week”
Now the truth:
“The real story is NOT that this was a “base” - it was a small outpost of 45 men surrounded by concertina wire, with a few vehicles and fortified fighting positions.
The real story is NOT that the outpost was “overrun” - the truth is that 45 Heroes successfully fought off an organized attack by hundreds of heavily-armed Taliban and al Queda.
The real story is NOT that the outpost was “abandoned” after the attack - it was a temporary patrol base.
July 26th, 2008 at 12:28 pmhttp://tinyurl.com/6kpto2
Next 70 towel-headed bed-sheeter mo fo yahoos please step forward and receive your deserved one way trip ticket to Jihad-land where you can finally meet your 72 year-old-virgin.
July 26th, 2008 at 2:43 pmGreat job boys! Love the great news.
We support you and love you.
American Infedel. I’m with you on this. Since Iraq turned positive they have been looking for defeat in Afganistan. Momenteum is clearly on the NATO side as everytime the Taliban mounts an offensive they are mowed down. The press portrays any offensive action by the Taliban as proof we are losing the war regardless of the outcome.
July 26th, 2008 at 2:57 pmThe Main Scream media the last bastion of Joe Goebells wanna-bees. Cowards and cowardettes whose tiny pea-sized brains are as delluded as gay-boy Keith Overbite’s is.
When the revolution starts we’ll replace the Main Scream defeatests with a Thomas Paign or maybe a Tometta Paign. We got plenty of candidates for that job.
Afterwards, we can hang ‘em high. If you know what I mean?
In the meantime, we get our news from the web and use the LLMSM papers to train the puppy with, line the bird cage with, or keep the weeds out of the garden with. Also good for sopping up water leaks. Gotta go green you know.
July 26th, 2008 at 5:56 pm